2023 #PBChallenge from Pocket Books Shop - hosted by acarter

NEW-TO-YOU BLACK WOMAN AUTHOR
could be a debut author or a classic whose work you haven't yet read!
All books added
God Is a Black Woman by Christena Cleveland

God Is a Black Woman

Christena Cleveland

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott

Dragons in a Bag

Dragons in a Bag #1

Zetta Elliott

160 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional fast-paced
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

388 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative slow-paced
The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams

The Three of Us

Ore Agbaje-Williams

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary tense fast-paced
Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel

Misfits: A Personal Manifesto

Michaela Coel

128 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

What's Mine and Yours

Naima Coster

341 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

6 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

Las Léonas #1

Adriana Herrera

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced